Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Spring Hill College (SHC) baseball team dropped both ends of a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) double header to the Miles College (MC) Golden Bears at historic Stan Galle Field on Saturday afternoon by the scores of 3-1 and 5-2.
 
The Golden Bears (19-18, 11-4 SIAC) rode the arm of Austin Pate (7-1) to a 3-1 victory in the opener as Pate went the distance and scattered seven hits with six walks and three strike outs. Justin Whitsett (6-4) took the loss in five innings with nine hits, no walks and three strike outs.
 
Miles did all of its damage to Whitsett in the 2^nd inning where they strung together four singles, a hit batter and a wild pitch to score all three of their runs in the contest. From there, Pate took over and would not allow a run to cross the plate until the 7^th inning when Badger first baseman Hunter Romero's single to left field brought in catcher Brennan Fontenot from 3^rd base, but a final grounder to short would end the threat.
 
Romero, center fielder Ulysses Fluellen and right fielder Justin Collier each had two hits in the game while designated hitter Reeves Brashear and third baseman Xavius Burden each had a pair of safeties for Miles.
 
In the nightcap, Miles scored a run in the 1^st inning and four in the 2^nd frame to put the Badgers in an early 4-0 deficit. Romero punched his third home run of the year out of left-centerfield to lead off the bottom of the 2^nd inning for Spring Hill, but Miles put answered back with a run-scoring single up the middle by center fielder Ryan Bargery in the 4^th inning.
 
Spring Hill loaded the bases off MC starter William Donahoo in the bottom of the 4^th inning and Fontenot drew an RBI walk before Burden (1-2) moved to the mound to stop the bleeding with an inning-ending fly ball to center field. Burden would finish the final 3.1 innings to earn the win in relief with two hits, no walks and a strike out.
 
Austin Barrios (3-5) took the loss for SHC in five innings with eight hits, one walk and four strike outs while Badger shortstop Maverick Latour had two hits.
 
The Badgers (23-19, 11-4 SIAC) will visit Frierson Field in Clinton, Miss., on Wednesday for an non-conference game versus the Mississippi College Choctaws (16-22) beginning at 4 p.m.